I know for example, Mandarin (Chinese) has it like from this sentence: 我睡了八個小時 (I slept for 8 hours), the hanzi: 覺 is omitted in this sentence because 睡 is already a word with its own meaning “sleep” 睡 which in itself conveys the meaning of the verb. There are “Euro” languages where separable verbs exist such as Dutch or German for example.
The closest English has is phrasal verbs like “I turned the light off” or "I went to pick the kids up. Generally verb+particle = new verb. Sometimes you can put a noun between the verb and particle but not always (I looked the toys for vs. I looked for the toys)
These are not just verbs plus postpositions as “I turned the light” and “I went to pick the kids” have entirely different meanings.
AskewLord@piefed.social 1 week ago
not really no, not in common use.
that’s why learning dutch/german is hard for english speakers. it’s fucking insane to us to read 50+ words before we get the verb.
Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org 1 week ago
Wait until you come across several such clauses nested within one another :)
(which isn’t a problem at all if it’s your native language - but ofc I agree it is easier to read without such stunts)
Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org 1 week ago
What about things like switch on, cool down, find out…?
AskewLord@piefed.social 1 week ago
those aren’t the same thing.
a german separable verb, like ‘einsteigen’ (to board, get on) literally translated would be
Please get the train to which you are boarding on.
the separable part is the last word in the sentence/clause. we don’t do that in english.
you don’t say ' cool the reaction that we are afraid is going to blow up down’. like, technically you could, but nobody speaks like that and if they did you’d think they were an idiot.
cattywampas@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I can’t think of an easier language for English speakers to learn than German.
schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 1 week ago
German is a hard language for nearly everyone. If it didn’t happen to be my first language, no way would I want to learn it.
AskewLord@piefed.social 1 week ago
any romance language is way easier to learn.